Dunkeld Bridge is a seven-arch bridge crossing the
River Tay
The River Tay ( gd, Tatha, ; probably from the conjectured Brythonic ''Tausa'', possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing') is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain. The Tay originates ...
at
Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
Dunkeld (, sco, Dunkell, from gd, Dùn Chailleann, "fort of the Caledonians") is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The location of a historic cathedral, it lies on the north bank of the River Tay, opposite Birnam. Dunkeld lies close to t ...
, Scotland. It carries the pedestrian and vehicle traffic of Bridge Street (the A923) and connects the parishes of Dunkeld and Dowally to the north and Little Dunkeld to the south.
Dunkeld, Bridge Street, Dunkeld Bridge
– Canmore A Category A listed structure,[Dunkeld Bridge Over River Tay]
– Historic Environment Scotland it is long, wide and high.[ Its middle arch is wide, two others are , two more are and the land-arches are . The ]pontage
Pontage was a term for a toll levied for the building or repair of bridges dating to the medieval era in England, Wales and Ireland.
Pontage was similar in nature to murage (a toll for the building of town walls) and pavage (a toll for paving ...
was abolished in 1879.[
The bridge was built between 1805 and 1809 by ]Thomas Telford
Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotla ...
.[ It cost £33,978.][''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'']
Frances Hindes Groome (1901), p. 436
Gallery
File:Commemorative plaque, Dunkeld bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1505917.jpg, A commemorative plaque
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on the bridge marking the structure's bicentenary __NOTOC__
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*French Revolution bicentennial, commemorating the 200th anniversary of 14 July 1789 uprising, celebrated i ...
in 2009
File:Dunkeld In Scotland (2).jpg, Dunkeld, and a lantern on the bridge
File:River Tay Panorama - Dunkeld - Facing West - panoramio.jpg, Western view
File:River Tay Panorama - Dunkeld - Facing East - panoramio.jpg, Eastern view
See also
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References
Category A listed buildings in Perth and Kinross
Listed buildings in Dunkeld
Listed bridges in Scotland
Bridges across the River Tay
Bridges completed in 1809
1809 establishments in Scotland
Bridges in Perth and Kinross
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